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Sisworo Gautama Putra
Born May 26, 1938 · Kisaran, North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
Died January 5, 1993 · aged 54
Sisworo Gautama Putra (May 26, 1938 – January 5, 1993) was an Indonesian film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre. Born in Kisaran in North Sumatra, Sisworo trained as a director in 1961. In 1962 he began working in the studio Gema Period Film. He worked as screenwriter unit manager, production manager, and then assistant director. His solo debut as a dire…
Known For
Sundel Bolong · 1981Sundel Bolong
★ 5.31981
MovieHorrorFantasy
A newly-married woman and former prostitute whose husband, a ship's captain, has gone to sea, is pressured into returning to her old profession. When she refuses, she is violently gang-raped and left pregnant and despondent. She kills herself while attempting to abort the fetus but returns as a vengeful Sundel Bolong, a ghost with a putrid, rotting hole in her back. When the rapists and conspirers start turning up dead, her husband and the police try to put a stop to the violence, once and for all.
Satan's Slave · 1980Satan's Slave
★ 6.01980
MovieHorror
A wealthy family stop practicing their Muslim faith and are tormented by the undead after their mother dies.
Primitives · 1978Primitives
★ 5.11978
MovieHorrorThriller
Three students, Tommy, Rita, and Robert, and their guides head into the jungle to study primitive tribes separated from civilization. However, the students say the one tribe they visit isn't primitive enough, and they want to find some really savages, and to locate the legendary cannibal tribe supposedly living in the area.
The Snake Queen · 1982The Snake Queen
★ 7.51982
MovieHorrorFantasy
A wealthy businessman gains his fortune through Nyi Blorong, sacrificing his wife and child in return, and later offers his daughter's boyfriend to satisfy her demand for more. His daughter, learning the truth in a dream, seeks help from a cleric to destroy Nyi Blorong.
The Warrior · 1981The Warrior
★ 6.41981
MovieHorrorFantasy
Barry Prima plays Jaka Sembung, a Robin Hood figure who possesses mystical powers. Captured, tortured and left for dead, he returns even more powerful than before. In desperation the invaders resurrect an evil wizard and set him against Jaka Sembung in a fierce fight to the death.
The Hungry Snake Woman · 1986The Hungry Snake Woman
★ 5.21986
MovieHorrorFantasy
A man, convinced that money and power can secure love, flees into the woods after attempting to rape his ex-girlfriend. He encounters the Snake Queen, who promises him immense wealth in exchange for his servitude.
Santet · 1988Santet
★ 5.71988
MovieDramaHorror
After poisoning his wife, local gangster Bisman blames her death on the village cleric and instigates an outraged mob to burn down his hut, killing him in the process. The cleric’s wife Katemi escapes into the jungle, eventually meeting Nyi Angker, a half-crocodile half-witch who gives Katemi diabolical powers, thus allowing her to commence a bloody revenge.
Srigala · 1981Srigala
★ 5.51981
MovieHorrorThriller
People on an island are brutally murdered one by one by a mysterious stranger in this Indonesian Friday the 13th rip-off.
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